A man under the influence of alcohol rammed his car into nine people in Jaipur, Rajasthan, killing three and seriously injuring the others, police said.

The accused in the hit-and-run case, Usman Khan, was a Congress member and has been subsequently expelled from the party district working committee following the incident, the party informed reporters.

According to the police, the car had earlier crashed into several vehicles. While fleeing the scene, the driver was involved in accidents at three different locations. Eventually, locals caught the driver and beat him up before handing him over to the police.

Ironically, Usman's last post on his Facebook page before the accident claimed that he had never done any bad deeds in his life.

“A hit-and-run case was reported from the Nahargarh area on Monday. Nine people were involved in the accident and brought to the hospital. Two people have died,” said the local police earlier. However, another person succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday morning, taking the toll up to three.

Usman struck a motorcycle, a scooter, and a total of three vehicles in a row, causing mayhem in a narrow, over-crowded lane in Nahargarh.

Eyewitnesses claimed that several pedestrians narrowly escaped, screaming in panic as the car swerved wildly. The incident occurred around 9:15 pm on Monday.

Soon after the incident, chaos ensued as locals rushed to help the injured and took them to a nearby hospital.

Police further stated that people eventually managed to catch him. The victims who died in the accident have been identified as Mamta Kanwar, 50, Awadhesh Pareek, 37, and Virendra Singh.

Source: India Today